Behind the Qingjiang Palace is a quiet courtyard where the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess live. Usually, they are seldom disturbed.
The waxing moon seemed to hang from the eaves.
In front of the red door, Zhao Ning paced back and forth twice, finally stopped and knocked on the door gently.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Cai Mei, are you asleep?"
The room was quiet for a moment, and then a cold voice was heard: "Your Highness, you have to knock on the door when you return to your own home. Don't you feel tired?"
Zhao Ning smiled helplessly and gently pushed the door open. He saw a young girl who was resting her cheek on the desk, reading a book lazily. Her pretty face was reflected by the bright light, making her look even more beautiful and lovely.
Seeing Zhao Ning come in, Li Caimei nodded symbolically and continued to look at the book.
"What are you looking at?"
"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio."
"This book has not been officially renamed yet. It is still called Shanhui Guitan."
"This title doesn't suit this book."
Hearing Li Caimei's answer, Zhao Ning couldn't help but smile. Ever since she brought this book to Li Caimei that day, the latter couldn't put it down.
The window was not closed, and the night wind blowing in blew the candle.
The candlelight flickered, casting Zhao Ning's swaying shadow on the desk.
Li Caimei was a little upset by the shaking, so she had to raise her head: "Your Highness the Crown Prince came back early today, has he finished his government affairs?"
"Thanks to your help, the government affairs have been relieved a little!"
“It’s not easy!”
Li Caimei pursed her lips, closed the book, and added softly: "There should be more people at home, so that I don't feel like I'm being kept here alone!"
There is a lot of resentment in these words.
Zhao Ning sighed lightly. Although Li Caimei was the Crown Princess, she always dressed like a girl except on occasions where she was required to attend public events.
The way she dressed was no different from before she got married.
But the once clever and quirky girl seemed to have disappeared, leaving behind loneliness and desolation in this body.
Come to think of it, no matter how fresh the wild flowers are, if they are planted in this cold and secluded palace, they will probably become dull and withered, right?
Seeing that Zhao Ning didn't know what to say, Li Caimei sighed softly: "Forget it! I chose it myself in the beginning. You have done us two sisters a favor, so why should I blame you?"
She recalled that Li Caitan had committed a capital crime, and even the Li family was unwilling to protect this legitimate daughter, and even the sisters' mother was implicated and lost her life. If it weren't for the help of Prince Li, she would probably have no sister in this world.
The condition offered by King Li was very simple, that is, Li Caimei would marry the prince and become the crown princess. After that, as long as Li Caimei did not violate the laws of Li, the royal family would protect her.
This condition seemed particularly generous. Li Caimei didn't know why at first. It was not until she discovered that Zhao Ning was a girl on the wedding day that she understood this shocking deal.
In fact, this deal is a win-win choice for this fake couple, but Zhao Ning still gave her another condition: as long as the marriage is stable enough for Zhao Ning to take power, Zhao Ning will completely give her freedom, freedom in every sense of the word.
So for all these years, she has stayed in this yard and never left except for those occasions she had to attend.
She kept the secret very strictly. Even her maternal family, the Li family, did not know Zhao Ning's secret.
Li Caimei looked at Zhao Ning and smiled brighter: "Is there any news about my sister recently?"
"this……"
Zhao Ning had a headache, but after thinking for a while he said, "She joined my sect and did a lot of excessive things. My mother is going to get rid of her!"
Li Caimei's smile froze on her face, her voice trembling slightly: "Is it confirmed?"
Zhao Ning thought for a moment and gave an answer: "Ninety percent!"
Li Caimei smiled bitterly: "She is still so restless! But you told me so directly, aren't you afraid of me..."
Zhao Ning rubbed his temples. "If I don't understand you, wouldn't it be a waste of our marriage? You haven't let me down these days, so how can I let you down? I will send someone to warn Li Caitan. If she listens, I have a way to protect her. If she doesn't listen, I can only find a secret place to imprison her."
Li Caimei was silent for a long time, and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Thank you!"
"I will do my best in this matter, so don't talk about her for now!"
Zhao Ning smiled and asked immediately, "Guess what I brought you?"
"What?"
Li Caimei's eyes brightened slightly. She had lived in the deep palace for a long time and had not gone out for several years. All day long, she had only the flowers and plants in the yard to keep her company. The only thing she could look forward to was some new and interesting things that Zhao Ning brought from outside.
Zhao Ning took out two books from his arms and pushed them in front of Li Caimei. They were two volumes of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio".
"Didn't you say it would take some time to come out?"
Li Caimei was a little surprised, and her eyes were filled with joy. After all, in this deep palace, no matter how profound the magic books were, they could not compare to such stories to relieve boredom. She had already read the first volume of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" several times.
Zhao Ning smiled slightly: "The author of the book is also a close friend of mine, so I used some tricks to steal the last two volumes in advance!"
Li Caimei asked, "Is it the hostage from the Gan country?"
Although she had lived in the deep palace for a long time, she was not completely ignorant of the outside world. Zhao Ning specially assigned her a palace maid to collect strange stories from all over the world. All those that passed the selection could be sent to Li Caimei's letter.
So she had heard of this hostage from the Gan country.
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